Socks tour flyer 2011

Here's the front of the 2011 Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre tour flyer, what's everyone think?



I've reused the 2009 Edinburgh "Goes to Hollywood" photo which was also appeared on this year's tour flyer, because I love the photo, and it was obscured by a picture of Ali Cook on this year's flyer so I think it deserves another outing. I also think this August's "On The Telly" photo (see below), with one reading the paper and one in Star Wars costume, is a less good picture. Their faces aren't as good, and the costumes aren't as representative as this one.

The quotes are all new, count those stars, and what do you think of the TV logos? All comments welcomed, it's not too late to change anything.

Cheers, Kev F & the Socks

PS: The "On The Telly" flyer. See what I mean about the photo?



Check out the Socks Official 2011 calendar, here.

The news about Dad

The sad news today is that, in the early afternoon, my Dad Ian Sutherland died after a short time enduring cancer. 

  Anyone who knows or met him should be pleased to know he died peacefully in his sleep, and at home in Windmill Gardens. He had expressly wanted not to go into a hospital because they were "full of sick people". In the last few days a hospital bed was moved into the back room, Dad's piano room, and that was where he passed away. He was only diagnosed earlier this year and from the first news has approached the situation in his usual matter-of-fact way. He refused chemotherapy and other treatments, wanting his remaining time to be lived at home and enjoyed in as normal a way as possible, and it was. Until very recently he has been gardening, golfing and socialising, and I am pleased that the last time I saw him he was, to all appearances, his usual self. He had been describing himself as living on "borrowed time" ever since surviving a heart attack five years ago which, had it happened on the golf course rather than at home, would have finished him off then. He joked about the fact that this would be his last Christmas, sadly it won't even be that, and he was very appreciative of the fact that he'd lasted longer than his own Dad (Dick died aged 72, Ian made it to 79). He would not, I'm sure, want anyone to be sad for him. He was, after all, someone who dedicated his time to entertaining other people and making them happy, so we should all be happy that, to the last possible moment, he did just that. Our thoughts should be with Mum, Corral, who Jude is with now and who I'll join to help at the weekend. Kev F Sutherland Dec 9 2010

Latest Socks videos, round up

Hi Socks fans,

Just a quick note to bring you up to date with recent productions. Very soon you're going to be inundated with the Socks 2010 tour dates (I'll try & get Facebook not to send you them all individually) so before you all leave the group in disgust, here are our latest videos that you might enjoy checking out:

Silent Night, new Christmas Socks fun

Ga Ga Rasputin - a song that we wrote for this year's Edinburgh show but never finished till now

Ga Ga Rasputin outtakes, including The Prop That Never Worked


PLUG: A quick reminder that, if you want to buy the Socks 2011 calendar, it takes 5 days to arrive so you'd better buy it quick. Here's where you buy it.
(you can also check out all the images online for free)

Watch the calendar ad vid here.

And some earlier recent videos you might have missed:

Children In Need - 8 videos made in one day:


These include No-one Quite Like Grandma

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gary Glitter

Morecambe & Wise

Just The Two Of Us

Abbott & Costello

Roobarb & Custard

Chariots Of Fire

Have fun, love The Socks

Ga Ga Rasputin outtakes, and the prop that never worked

As a little bonus, we've uploaded a couple of outtakes from the Ga Ga Rasputin routine, including a prop that never worked. This prop, along with the routine itself, which you can watch here, was begun in the run up to this August's Edinburgh show but, like the material, didn't seem to be funny enough. I've change my mind about the song, but the prop is definitely heading bin-wards. Enjoy.

Ga Ga Rasputin - new from the Socks

The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre do Lady Gaga doing Russian history, an item that was written for their last Edinburgh show but never made the cut. Digging it out after six months it didn't seem half bad, so the Socks finished recording and filming it. Enjoy.



Check out the Socks Official 2011 calendar, here.

Silent Night - new for Christmas from the Socks

The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre have a stab at a classic seasonal song, Silent Night.



Buy the Socks 2011 Calendar

Corporate Christmas cards by Kev F

Want a brilliant cartoon Christmas card? What you should do is what some of my corporate clients do, come to me. Mind you, you'll mostly come away with Santa, with a big nose, dashing through the snow, but they seem to like it. (NB: Get your request in by late October, you'll be laughing). Here are some I made earlier...






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